COLOMBO (News 1st); The United Nations has changed the Republic of Turkey’s country name at the organization from “Turkey” to “Türkiye”, following a request for the change, reports foreign media.

The Spokesperson for the United Nations, Stephane Dujarric said that a letter had been received from the Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu addressed to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, requesting the use of “Türkiye” instead of “Turkey” for all affairs.

Turkey began the move to change its internationally recognized official name in English to Türkiye in December after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan released a memorandum and asked the public to use Türkiye to describe the country in every language.

Source: Al Jazeera, BBC

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